you must be kidding

[Jim Haseltine]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Per Lindgren" <lindgre at online.no>
> William Magliocco wrote:
>
> > Leaded gas?  I thought that was off the
> > market...period.
>
> We do have leaded gas here in Norway, but the lead is no lead no more.
> The lead is replaced with substances that perform the same lubrication
> for the valves as the lead did. I doubt that *real* lead is still
> contained in fuel anywhere, except maybe remote places that dont give a
> rats ass about the environment.

We've got two sorts. LRP which is super unleaded 98RON with potassium or
sodium or something else added to 'pretend' to be lead (melts your turbo).
But also in some places honest-to-goodness leaded which is something like
99-100RON, real expensive even when compared to usual British fuel prices
but really makes your car shift. EC environment rules allow for leaded fuel
to be sold as long as it is no more than 0.25% of the annual total of fuel
supplied.

Regards,

Jim Haseltine